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Details of EDWARD KILVERT

Born: 1808

Died: 1867

Source: Chaplains in the HEICS 1836-58 (Rev Frank Perry, The Church In Madras 1904)

Biography: EDWARD KILVERT was born in 1808, being one of the sons of Francis Kilvert of Bath. He was educated at St. Alban Hall, Oxford, and graduated B.A. in 1843. He was appointed a Chaplain in 1846; he served at Secunderabad, Bellary, Trichinopoly, Vellore, and Jaulnah; and after fifteen years service retired in 1861. His health did not allow him to do any permanent work in England. He died at Bath in 1867.